Assuming usually is required, the following 35 results were found.
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up with some jackass way to present the lesson so that the students remember and enjoy it, but otherwise, the lessons usually go pretty smoothly. Some of the students are way behind in the class, so I just smack them around a bit. I always have things I...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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healthy, and not planning on spending more than a year or two teaching English in Japan. If their plans happen to change (usually due to meeting that special Japanese someone), they could enter the national system then to enjoy the added benefits.
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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in the thick concrete building walls of my apartment, I turned up Mike's guitar amp a little bit more than I usually would. This proved to be a grave mistake on my part. My Japanese neighbor whom I had never met rang my doorbell. When I answered the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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Why Japanese Girls Are Hothttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10041-why-japanese-girls-are-hot
want attention, and they certainly got mine. The shocking sites I see just on the way home from work are things I would usually have to pay for in the USA. I often tell my close colleague: "Whoops. There's another one that forgot to wear pants." I feel...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Tokyo Makes Me Hate Peoplehttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10081-tokyo-makes-me-hate-people
So don't ever make friends in Tokyo. Facebook friends and long distance friends are okay because those "relationships" are usually maintained electronically, but don't ever make real in-your-face friends in Tokyo. It's just not worth having to deal with...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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state of California, smoking is banned in virtually every public place--restaurants, bars, dance clubs, and any place Japan usually puts an ashtray. I very rarely see a smoker in California, and when I do it's almost always someone "not from around...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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has a growing fan-base, particularly among network engineer types that prefer router-like, CLI-only environments. * No GUI usually means a light build and nimble performance. Bad * CLI only. To be totally honest, I didn't give this one much of a chance...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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The Kyoto Poopie Incidenthttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/countryside/1001-the-kyoto-incident
of honne and tatemae. Honne means "true feeling" while tatemae means "surface." Life is a choice between the two; however, usually it is most important to mask your true feelings from others-especially those you don't know all that well. Smile...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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launching a smear campaign for a rival company. In other words, they benefit financially by bashing company X. This is usually easy to spot because the site author will recommend the rival as part of the post(s). "I got ripped-off by company X, but...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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one of the major Japanese mobile networks: NTT Docomo, Au by KDDI, or Softbank. While the big three Japanese providers will usually force you into an over-priced 2-year auto-renewing service contract inseparable from the bundled phone, MVNOs can and...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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with these alternative approaches. Search online vendors for what you're looking for, plus words like 英語 or 英語版 or USキー I usually query Amazon Japan, Rakuten, and maybe Yahoo Auctions (especially if searching for used equipment). This approach often...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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set to "asterisk." You'll see these same settings on the other voicemail configuration files. * Apply the configuration. I usually just click somewhere in the Elastix web GUI to get the "Apply Config" link to appear and click it. * Look at a few...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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your local clinic all the more socially cumbersome and logistically inconvenient. In my home country an AIDS/HIV test was usually "thrown in" with a yearly physical. I didn't even have to explicitly request it. STD testing is so commonplace in the USA...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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has been great, but because of its usage on my part. I have a portable charger and an extra battery for my phone, but it usually can’t keep up with the rate my phone is going--especially using the train as my main transportation and constantly using...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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a sign of refinement, which makes them look smart and cosmopolitan (which of course appeals to foreign women!). However, it usually sounds nothing like English (there are some exceptions, obviously) and they end up looking plain stupid. Tip: What I...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General